THE SECRET SERVICE
LP
Music
by BARRY GRAY
GERRY ANDERSON
REMASTERED
180 GRAM
GREEN COLOURED VINYL
Format: LP, Coloured
Catalogue No.: SILLP1681
• 180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL
The origins of the series The Secret
Service began
in 1968 whilst working at Pinewood
Studios, Gerry
Anderson bumped into a familiar face of
stage and
screen: comic actor Stanley Unwin. With
his
whimsical charm and hilarious gibberish
double talk
(playfully christened ‘Unwinese’) Unwin
had earned
great popularity throughout the 50s and
60s and the
Anderson’s immediately knew that they had
found
someone to base their next puppet series
on. For
several years the Century 21 team had
toyed with
directly basing a puppet character on a
real-life
actor, now the time had come to make it a
reality.
Duly, the Andersons developed a premise
around
Unwin, returning to their ‘unlikely spy’
scenario
which had worked so well with Joe 90, they
created
‘Father’ Unwin, a kindly priest who,
despite
outwardly disappearing into whimsy,
doubles as a
determined agent for British Intelligence.
In the
series the lines would be blurred even
further
between the miniature Supermarionation
world and
reality, as live action footage of Stanley
Unwin
would also be used in the series.
To appropriately reflect the The Secret Service’s
premise and compliment the gentle title
sequence
created to introduce the series, Barry
Gray decided
step completely away from his usual
attention-
grabbing themes and write a three-part
fugue in the
style of the Baroque composer Bach. To
perform the
vocals, the Mike Sammes Singers were
hired, the
vocal group who Gray had used on the
Supercar
theme back in 1961. Once coupled with soft
organ
and minimalist percussion, a truly unique
piece of
inventive music was born to bookend Father
Unwin’s adventures, which perfectly
captured the
off-beat nature of the series.
IN STOCK
Tracks -
SIDE A
1.
Century 21 Logo
2.
Robbery at Healey Automation
3.
The Secret Service Main Titles
4.
Calling Father Unwin
5.
Operation Intercept
6.
250 Hours
7.
Sabotage
8.
Aerial Spies
9.
The Unwilling Accomplice
10.
Feathered Bombers
11.
Ambush
12.
Bufflers Halt Reopens
13.
The Train Hijack
14.
The Secret Service End Titles Condition - MINT / UNPLAYED (SEALED)
Date – 2023
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